Odds Favor Nationals In All Star Feature
Milwaukee reports odds favor the National League in the 22nd annual All Star clash as managers Leo Durocher and Al Lopez commit to fielding strong lineups. Durocher hints at benching stars like Willie Mays, while Lopez defends using top pitchers such as Billy Pierce. The NL has won eight of 21 in the series, with recent form tilting toward the senior lineup.
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1955 All Stars Records From Milwaukee Exhibition
Records of the 1955 All-Star game list star players from the American and National leagues and detail rosters. Notable names include Mantle Berra Fox Kaline Williams and Banks among others with managers and umpires listed.
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Funeral Service Today For Sports Scribe Ward
Funeral services for Arch Ward Chicago Tribune sports editor who died Saturday at 58 will be a solemn requiem mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Bishop Bernard J Sheil will preside and Rev Theodore Hesburgh will deliver the sermon. Burial is at All Saints Cemetery. Ward originated the All Star games and helped set the schedule delaying Milwaukee event to 1 p m CST to allow mourners to attend.
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Handicap Plan For Amateurs
New York United States Golf Association introduces a new handicap system for the 1955 National Amateur Championship at Richmond Virginia set for September 12 to 17. Entries require a handicap not greater than four under the new method where each course is rated for difficulty and golfers scores are measured against that rating to determine a differential.
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Baseball Scores and Schedule Highlights
The Associated Press reports Monday results with no games scheduled for Wednesday. National League standings show Brooklyn leading with 58 26 and Milwaukee at 46 37, while Chicago 45 40 and New York 42 41 chase the pack. American Association and Texas League scores feature Toledo Toledo 6 Indianapolis 4 in 10 innings and Fort Worth 3 Dallas 2 respectively.
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New Orleans Ralph Dupas Wins In Boxing Card
The Associated Press reports Ralph Dupas of New Orleans outpointed Paddy Demarco of Brooklyn in a 10 round bout. Tony Puleo of Brooklyn outpointed Libby Manzo of New York in another 10 round match. Dick Ramaret of Auburn stopped Nicky Harris of Cleveland in the 4th round.
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All Star Taylor Joins Cleveland for Aug 12 Game
Corky Taylor of Kansas State joins the collegiate squad for the all star football game with the Cleveland Browns on August 12. The Detroit Lions topped the NFL in 1944 with 257 points and a 24.1 point per game average.
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Relief Pitcher Consuegra Seeks AL Earned Run Title
Sandy Consuegra of the Chicago White Sox leads the American League with a 1.95 ERA and 18 earned runs allowed in 83 innings as he pursues the AL earned run crown. Billy Pierce follows at 2.11, with Dick Donovan, Jim Wilson, and Whitey Ford among top AL contenders.
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Knights of Columbus roll to 17-9 win in church league
The Knights of Columbus defeated Colfax Baptists Nazarene 17-9 as Shaw forfeited the second game and K of C led in five innings with five runs in the third. The eight run rule ended play after five. Line scores and batteries listed.
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Dupas Wins By Decision In New Orleans Bout
Ralph Dupas defeated Paddy DeMarco by unanimous 10 round decision in New Orleans. DeMarco blasted the judges as biased calling it a mother’s decision after he held a lead into the seventh round. Dupas, weighing 138 vs DeMarco 140, leveraged long range punching to dominate late and cut DeMarco’s eyebrow.
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Baseball leaders show shifts after All-Star break
Campanella tops NL with .335 after Ashburn slips to .327 as Mantle gains to .318 in the AL. Kaline leads AL batting at .371 while Snider and Kluszewski rise in NL and Mantle hits 21 home runs in one day to edge Kaline. Harvey Kuenn is the AL’s sole riser among top batters.
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Puleo delivers late surge to decision Libby Manzo
Puleo, 22, Brooklyn, undefeated in 13 months as a pro, won a 10 round decision over Libby Manzo at St. Nicholas Arena televised bout. Puleo knocked Manzo with a fast series in the seventh, dominating after a tight start. judges favored Puleo 7-2-1, 7-2, and 6-2-2 with AP also scoring for Puleo.
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Puleo Draws Costa After Narrow Featherweight Bout
Puleo fights to a draw with featherweight contender Carmelo Costa on May 9 after weighing 136 pounds while Manzo weighed 134 pounds. The result adds to Puleo’s losses and three draws in recent bouts.
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Chanute Girls Beat Girard Nine 12 to 4 in Erie
Chanute softball remains undefeated at 5-0 after a 12 to 4 win over Girard at Erie. Ila Chase and Janice Dennis homered while Char lene Brookshire pitched all five Chanute wins. The team faces Altamont tomorrow at 9 p.m. at Highland Park.
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Former Winner Survives Opener In USGA Public Links
In Indianapolis at Coffin Municipal, 30th USGA Public Links action sees Gene Andrews, 1954 Dallas winner from Pacific Palisades, Calif., surviving a fierce first round against Wallace Smith after they both shot 72. Andrews won on the 19th hole as Smith three‑putted. Foster Bradley, USGA Junior champion from Los Angeles, sits out the first round.
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Bitter Sweet at Starlight Theatre Opens July 18
The Star Light Theatre presents Bitter Sweet in Swope Park for a seven night outdoor run starting July 18. Noel Coward wrote its book music and lyrics with Jean Fenn and Robert Rounseville starring as the Marchioness of Shayne spanning fifty years of her life amid London and Vienna settings by scenic designer G Philippe de Rosier.
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Major Leagues Debate Bonus Player Limit
Major league players urge a two bonus player limit per club to curb signing excesses. The proposal faces owner opposition who argue it undermines the current restriction. Robin Roberts and Bob Feller chair AL and NL player reps, while Warren Giles and Frank Lane defend the rule against diluting its purpose.
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Fay Seaton Scholarship For Former Newsboys
The Fay N Seaton Memorial scholarship program will aid former Manhattan Mercury carriers to attend Kansas State College. It provides 1200 annually funded by Seaton Publishing Co and led by Mrs Fay N Seaton and her sons Fred and Richard Seaton. Administered by K States general scholarship committee chaired by Max Milbourn, with first award hoped for this fall.
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Humboldt Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Humboldt residents host guests and attend gatherings across Chanute Iola Ottawa and Colorado Springs. Clarita Tolle marks 14th birthday with a Chanute pool party, while multiple families entertain visitors, attend church services, join golf finals, and travel to Kansas City for theater outings.
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